Kermit Whitfield
Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Florida State, 2013–⁠16

Kermit Whitfield

Number
No. 8
Height
5′8″
Hometown
Orlando, FL
Born
Oct 8, 1993, in Orlando, Florida

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Kermit Whitfield played receiver at Florida State (2013–⁠16).

At a glance

Best season
798
Receiving yards, 2015 (Florida State, 10–⁠3)
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in kickoff return average, 2013

Career highs

9catches, career hightwice; last vs. Louisville, 2015172receiving yards, career highvs. Louisville, 20152receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Chattanooga, 2015

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2013; ACC champions, 2013 and 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Florida State58917.8042
2015Florida State5779814.0670
2016Florida State3439511.6128
Career961,28213.4770

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2013Florida State176192
2015Florida State195070
2016Florida State265950
Career621,7212

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Florida State8WR
2014Florida State8WR
2015Florida State8WR
2016Florida State8WR5′8″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2015Florida State760.9295th (n=465)0.5369.79%
2016Florida State560.7176th (n=489)0.5239.56%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Florida State 13 games, 34 catches, 395 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 5vs.Ole MissW 45–⁠345530269
Sep 10vs.Charleston SouthernW 52–⁠82170––
Sep 17atLouisvilleL 20–⁠63–––6133
Sep 24atSouth FloridaW 55–⁠352804128
Oct 1vs.North CarolinaL 35–⁠37–––240
Oct 8atMiamiW 20–⁠197831226
Oct 15vs.Wake ForestW 17–⁠63290122
Oct 29vs.ClemsonL 34–⁠374700593
Nov 5atNC StateW 24–⁠202340236
Nov 11vs.Boston CollegeW 45–⁠7290112
Nov 19atSyracuseW 45–⁠144590––
Nov 26vs.FloridaW 31–⁠132100136
Dec 30 ✦vs.MichiganW 33–⁠321230––
2015 Florida State 13 games, 57 catches, 798 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 5vs.Texas StateW 59–⁠161350290
Sep 12vs.South FloridaW 34–⁠142190156
Sep 18atBoston CollegeW 14–⁠04520––
Oct 3atWake ForestW 24–⁠1642414111
Oct 10vs.MiamiW 29–⁠249950230
Oct 17vs.LouisvilleW 41–⁠2191721113
Oct 24atGeorgia TechL 16–⁠226610––
Oct 31vs.SyracuseW 45–⁠21230––
Nov 7atClemsonL 13–⁠233210491
Nov 14vs.NC StateW 34–⁠1761172––
Nov 21vs.ChattanoogaW 52–⁠135912130
Nov 28atFloridaW 27–⁠22520––
Dec 31 ✦vs.HoustonL 24–⁠384560486
2013 Florida State 13 games, 17 returns, 619 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYds
Sep 14vs.NevadaW 62–⁠71160––
Sep 21vs.Bethune-CookmanW 54–⁠61420266
Sep 28atBoston CollegeW 48–⁠34–––117
Oct 5vs.MarylandW 63–⁠0–––112
Oct 19atClemsonW 51–⁠14–––143
Oct 26vs.NC StateW 49–⁠171160252
Nov 2vs.MiamiW 41–⁠14–––123
Nov 9atWake ForestW 59–⁠31110197
Nov 16vs.SyracuseW 59–⁠3140––
Nov 23vs.IdahoW 80–⁠14–––158
Nov 30atFloridaW 37–⁠7–––119
Dec 7vs.DukeW 45–⁠7–––260
Jan 6 ✦vs.AuburnW 34–⁠31–––4172

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 3–⁠10).

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height5′7¾″
Weight185 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size8½″
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.53 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press8 reps
3-cone drill7.17 s
20-yard shuttle4.37 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLLos Angeles Wildcats
2020XFLDallas Renegades
2021CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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